– absolve yourself from yourself and you will have the suffrage of the world
-no law can be sacred to me except that of my nature
-good and bad are just easily transferable nouns this or that
-the only right is what is after my constitution
– the only wrong is what is against
– so what I owe is all about me, not what people think
-it is easy in the world to live according to the world’s opinion
-it is easy in solitude to live after yourself
– but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, maintains the independence of solitude with perfect sweetness.
-For non-conformity, the world lashes you with its displeasure. And so a man must know how to cherish a sour face